Valeria Yackshaw Genetti, 83, Hazleton
The wife of Gus Genetti Jr., Val had a witty sense of humor and an endearing smile. Her favorite things were family and traveling, but mostly it was combining the two â traveling with her family around the world. She loved Neil Diamond and ABBA, enjoyed playing pinochle, reading Danielle Steele books, watching detective-cop shows and enjoying coffee in her bedroom in the mornings. She was the vice president of the Genetti Hospitality Group of Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and Dickson City. She was a past board member of Kingâs College Century Club, past president of W-B Jaycettes, past president of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Auxiliary, past board of directors of CYC, member of the Slovak Heritage Society and a volunteer of NEPA Red Cross Blood Center. She died Dec. 22.
Attorney Lawrence M. Klemow, aka âPapa,â 76, of Sugarloaf Twp. died early Tuesday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton surrounded by his family. He died from complications of COVID-19.
Larry was born in Hazleton to Grace and Phillip Klemow. He married the love of his life, his high school sweetheart, Marion Novotnak, and continued to share a wonderful life together. Larry was a graduate of Hazleton High School, Drexel University and Temple Law school.
A lawyer, Larry started his career as an assistant district attorney in Luzerne County and became first assistant district attorney. He was in private practice for many years and finished his career as a senior law clerk, also at Luzerne County, from which he retired in 2018.